Tag Archives: Self-Defense

Unwilling, Unable, and Unavoidable: Analyzing the Legal Justifications and Aftermath of Israel’s Doha Strikes

By: Yehuda Gannon On September 9, 2025, the Israeli Air Force conducted “Operation Summit of Fire,” a targeted operation that sought to eliminate high-profile Hamas leaders living in Qatar. The list of targeted individuals included Khalil al-Hayya, Zaher Jabarin, Muhammed Ismail Darwish, and Khaled Mashal, all senior members of Hamas’s leadership. What distinguished this operation from previous Israeli […]

Self-Defense: An Internationally Utilized Justification for Murder

BY KELSEY HAYDEN — The United States has become exceptionally familiar with the first and second-degree murder shield of self-defense. The heavily broadcasted case of George Zimmerman made headlines nationwide in 2013, as the neighborhood watch volunteer escaped second-degree murder charges using a claim of self-defense.[i] Less than one year later, Michael Dunn was charged with first-degree […]